June 10, 2023
Al-Shabaab rebels attacked a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, government officials and witnesses said. According to a government statement, the attackers attacked a hotel on the beach frequented by officials. “The forces evacuated many people from the building, the operation is still ongoing,” the report said. Al-Shabaab, which has been leading an
READ MOREFour toddlers and two retirees were stabbed in the quiet French mountain town of Annecy on Thursday, and the government said the suspected attacker was a Syrian refugee. Video of the attack, filmed by a bystander and confirmed by Reuters, shows the attacker jumping over a low wall into a children’s playground and repeatedly lunging
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SAN ANSELMO, CA – JUNE 6: This photo illustration shows the Binance logo displayed on a screen on June 6, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed lawsuits against cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance for alleged violations of several securities laws. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Photo by Justin Sullivan/GETTY
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In her recent apology for communism, Helen Andrews says that people in the Soviet bloc were accustomed to being spied on, which made it “a mere annoyance at best for the average person,” though “wrenching for independent thinkers.” Even people who find the rest of her article anathema can agree with this, because Americans routinely
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Warsaw on Sunday, the 34th anniversary of Poland’s first post-war democratic elections, for a march that the liberal opposition billed as a test of its ability to end nearly eight years of nationalist rule later this year. Crowds stretching for at least a mile marched with banners reading
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. commissioned geo-mapping of agricultural land in the country to optimize food production. Marcos said the measure would create soil maps for specific agricultural products that would guide farmers on what to plant in their area. Although geo-mapping is already being used by government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service
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Group New Zealand pastorschurch leaders and other Christians are seeking legal recognition that their government’s crackdown on churches during the COVID-19 pandemic was illegal. Free to be a church (FTBC) plans to appeal a Wellington High Court ruling last August that the government was justified in restricting “manifested religious beliefs” under New Zealand’s Bill of
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Shadow Veterans Affairs Minister Barnaby Joyce says the government’s attention has veered away from major issues affecting Australians, such as the rising cost of living. “They are so enamored with The Voice,” Mr Barabi told Sky News Australia. “They are so engrossed in philosophy that they have lost touch with what is really important. “What
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Zimbabwe’s parliament approved a controversial law that allegedly promotes patriotism, but the opposition condemned it as a “draconian” attempt to stifle dissent ahead of national elections. The bill, passed by the lower house on Wednesday evening, criminalizes actions that harm the “sovereignty and national interests” of the South African country. In the most extreme cases,
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The Government is currently eyeing the Government Employees’ Insurance Scheme (GSIS) to serve as the fund manager of the proposed Military Pension Fund (MUP). “This means that we will be the ones to invest if a new [pension] fund for our military personnel in uniform. We will be the ones to manage the fund and
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